Chapter II · Chapter 2

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

without a doubt

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

cause to be bored

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

plural of “certificate” — a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

carefully weighed

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

plural of “curse” — profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

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From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

freedom to act or judge on one's own

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

marked by or given to doubt

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

one or the other of two

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

someone who devotes himself completely

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

emerged from an egg

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

and nothing more

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

used to form the superlative

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

not any; not one

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

on one occasion

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

the quantity a room will hold

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

sit, as on a branch

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

express in words

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

mental responsiveness and awareness

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

activities associated with sexual intercourse

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

disclosing unintentionally something concealed

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Certificates are, for the most part, like ostrich-eggs; the giver never knows what is hatched out of them.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

in or at that place or location

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions

From this reading I confess, that expression, “either sex,” ran a little thick, as I may say, from my pen.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading But once in a thousand times they act as curses are said to,--come home to roost.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

precisely as stated

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

in the company of; together with

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading I didn't want him to fall in love just then--and if half a dozen girls fell in love with him, as they most assuredly would, if brought into too near relations with him, why, there was no telling what gratitude and natural sensibility might bring about.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion, I considered him altogether too good-looking, in the first place, to be let loose in a roomful of young girls.